Khmer Rouge
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| Leader | Pol Pot |
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| Founders | Pol Pot |
| Ieng Sary | |
| Founded | Cambodia |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 929666 |
About Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge was the name popularly given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name had originally been used in the 1950s by Norodom Sihanouk as a blanket term for the Cambodian left.
Henry Kissinger's Cambodia legacy of bombs and chaos
... 7 million people died at the hands of the Pol Pot-led Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 - almost a quarter of the population...
Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election'
... They depict Hun Sen s flight from Khmer Rouge-ruled Cambodia to Vietnam in 1977, his triumphant return with the invading Vietnamese army in 1979, and his eventual deal with the last of the Khmer Rouge leaders in 1998 that ended the long civil war - his win-win for the Cambodian people...
Cambodia election: Polls open in vote with no credible opposition
... Hun Sen s party has won all six of the national elections held every five years since the 1990s, when the UN helped the Southeast Asian nation of 16 million people become a functioning democracy post decades of civil war and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime...
Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control
... A former Khmer Rouge official who defected to Vietnam before the regime s fall, his survivalist grip on power has led to his boast that he is the world s longest-serving prime minister...
Cambodia: Angkorian crown jewellery handed over in London
... However, many of Cambodia s other temples were looted during the Khmer Rouge era in the 1970s, and the turmoil that continued for decades...
Cambodian team hunting looted treasures visits UK museums
... The murderous Khmer Rouge regime held power from 1975 to 1979, when it is thought to have killed more than two million of its own people, and the group controlled large portions of Cambodia until the late 1990s...
The long struggle to return Cambodia's looted treasures
... The murderous Khmer Rouge regime held power from 1975 to 1979, when it is thought to have killed more than two million of its own people, and the group controlled large portions of the country until the late 1990s...
Richard Coles told 'his partner is in hell'
... Paper darts Coles, 57, who is the vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, said: It s like the Khmer Rouge suddenly popping up in a stream of condolence...
Richard Coles told 'his partner is in hell'
Richard Coles co-presents Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 and was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017
Vicar and broadcaster The Rev Richard Coles says he has received Hate Mail claiming that his Partner is In Hell .
Coles, a Former Member of 80s chart toppers The Communards , revealed on Tuesday that The Rev David Coles had died after a long illness.
Coles said he had received "99. 99999% loveliness" since The Announcement .
But he added there had been "a small But lively correspondence from Christians who and I will follow".
'Paper darts'Coles, 57, who is the vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, said: "It's like the Khmer Rouge suddenly popping up in a stream of condolence. "
The couple, both Church of England priests, lived together with their dogs in the vicarage. They met in 2007 and Coles has spoken openly about their celibacy.
On Twitter, he cited an example of the mail he said he had received.
The former keyboard player said: "A letter, courageously unsigned, begins: 'Dear Mr Coles, I can't begin to tell you how happy I Am to hear of the death of your Partner . . '"
But Coles added: "The horrible letters; they don't Touch Me .
"I Am right now an expert in pain, The Real kind, and these are paper darts among the incoming, and just Leave Me mildly curious about The State of mind of the writer. "
On Wednesday, Coles posted A Warning on Social Media that a scam fundraising page had been Set Up claiming to be raising money to cover his Partner 's funeral costs.
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Source of news: bbc.com
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